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Easter Baking Ideas

As spring blooms and Easter approaches, it's time to gather with loved ones and indulge! From classic favourites to creative twists on traditional dishes, this Easter recipe collection has something to please everyone and inspire your Easter table . . . let's hop to it!

Easter Baking Ideas

Mini Easter Egg Box Cupcakes

Not only are these quick, easy and fun to make, but it's a great Easter up cycling project for egg boxes too! Cute little morsels of vanilla sponge, topped with whipped cream and Mini Eggs. You can find the recipe here.

Cute bite sized mini egg vanilla cupcakes topped with whipped cream and served in an upcycled egg box
Turn your old egg boxes into a decorative way to serve your Easter bakes

Mini Egg Rocky Road

A quick and easy 'no-bake' recipe - great for getting the kids involved, and also for using up leftover Easter chocolate and Mini Eggs. This recipe is not only great for Easter but adaptable any time of the year. You can find the recipe here.

A stack of Mini Egg Rocky Road on an Easter Bunny serving dish as an Easter table centrepiece
This Mini Egg Rocky Road requires no baking and is a great way to transform leftover Easter treats!

Mini Egg Cookies

Packed full of Mini Eggs and Caramilk chunks, these cookies are not only quick and easy to make, but are yet another way to make good use of leftover Easter chocolate! They would also make a great filling for my Crookie recipe! You can find the Mini Egg Cookies recipe here.

Milk Eggs cookies are great fun to make and a good recipe for getting the kids involved this Easter.

Easter Canelés

Made using a Madeleine inspired recipe and baked in canelé moulds, these bakes are a cute way of entertaining this Easter. Topped with a little caramel, toasted coconut and mini eggs they are really effective on an Easter table. You can find the recipe here.

Madeleine inspired bakes baked in canelé moulds as an Easter table centrepiece idea
An effective way of serving baked treats this Easter, with minimal effort.

Classic Hot Cross Buns

No Easter weekend would be complete without a bakers dozen of Hot Cross Buns and you cannot beat home made. I put off making my own for years assuming they were too tricky to make, but this foolproof recipe makes ease of making Hot Cross Buns. You can find the recipe here.

Freshly baked hot cross buns with butter and a cup of tea
A bakers dozen of Hot Cross Buns fresh from the oven. This foolproof recipe is a must try this Easter and there is so much satisfaction in baking them!

Five Ingredient Crispy Macaroon Nests

These crispy coconut macaroon nests are a great change from the usual chocolate nests you find at Easter, and as they are made with coconut and egg white, they make a lovely lighter choice too. They couldn't be simpler to make so why not give them a go? You can find the recipe here.

Mini crispy coconut macaroon nests, topped with mini eggs served on an easter bun cake stand. Perfect Easter table inspiration ideas.
The cutest Easter table edition, yet surprisingly simple to make!

No Churn Mini Egg Ice Cream - Just 4 Ingredients!

I honestly don't think recipes get much simpler than this one! Thanks to the addition of condensed milk, this ice cream is so easy to make, is deliciously creamy and one of the tastiest soft serves I have made. Not to mention it requires no fancy equipment - just a mixing bowl and a hand mixer! You can find the recipe here.

No churn mini egg ice cream in a cone, being sprinkled with crushed mini eggs on an easter table spread
You only need four simple ingredients for this delicious soft serve ice cream!

No Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake

My Mini Egg obsession continues and today I buried them in a cheesecake! Not only is this recipe super speedy to prepare, it is great for making in advance - perfect for an Easter table showstopper! You can find the recipe here.

A slice of deep fill no bake mini egg cheesecake on an easter table
This no bake Mini Egg Cheesecake is quick and simple to prepare and great for making in advance.

Easter Dippy Egg & Soldiers

Brown Butter Shortbread 'soldiers' dipped in caramel filled Easter Eggs. A super fun Easter weekend breakfast and a recipe so simple the whole family can get involved! Great for using up all the filled eggs we seem to accumulate so many of during Easter in the most delicious way! You can find the recipe here:

brown butter dippy egg and soldiers using easter filled eggs oozing with caramel in wooden bunny egg holders
Feel free to experiment with your filled eggs - Cadbury Creme Eggs are also great, as are the white chocolate versions!

Let me know if you try any of these recipes and be sure to tag me in any creations over on @jemmaloi . . . I would love to see them!